Board of Trustees Work Session

A Water Main From 1908 Breaks as Croton Opens Budget Season; Board Clears $414,301 Police Body-Camera Deal

Name: A Water Main From 1908 Breaks as Croton Opens Budget Season; Board Clears $414,301 Police Body-Camera Deal
Uploaded: 2026-03-26T19:00:00-04:00
Duration: 1 h 12 min 32 s
Description: Hours before the Board of Trustees' first 2026-27 budget work session, a cast-iron water main dating to 1908 broke on Olcott Avenue, leaving a block without water. Trustees then walked a Department of Public Works budget shaped by aging infrastructure and a $286,000 snow-overtime winter, and authorized a $414,301.36 Axon body-camera program for police.

Mar 26, 2026 11866 words transcribed

Hours before the Board of Trustees' first 2026-27 budget work session, a cast-iron water main dating to 1908 broke on Olcott Avenue, leaving a block without water. Trustees then walked a Department of Public Works budget shaped by aging infrastructure and a $286,000 snow-overtime winter, and authorized a $414,301.36 Axon body-camera program for police.

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0:07 Review of the Department of Public Works Budget transcript →

59:35 Consider authorizing the Village Manager to accept the proposal from Axon Enterprise for a police department body-warn camera (BWC) program in the total amount of $414,301.36. transcript →

Key Actions & Decisions

● Authorized the village manager to accept a $414,301.36 Axon Enterprise body-worn camera proposal (NYS contract #PM69698), first year funded by a state Law Enforcement Technology Grant; public comment planned before a June 15 deadline

● Began line-by-line review of the proposed 2026-27 DPW budget: water distribution up $102,757, street maintenance up $64,691, snow removal up $20,000 after a $286,000 overtime winter

● Repaired a 1908-era water main break on Olcott Avenue that left one block without water the afternoon of March 26